School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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- Planten Leaf is a great cure for a cut. If you get Planten Leaf and chew it and put it on the cut it will not swell.Marsh Mallows was a great cure for a sprain or a swelling it keeps down swelling.Mrs. Transom who lived in the Square in Lucan used to fry cowdung in Lard for poultries.To cure a sty on the eye get a thorn of a gooseberry bush and point it to your eye three times it will dissappear.If you have a wart get a hair of a horse's tail or mane and tie it around the wart it will disappear after nine days.
- Collector
- Mary Greene
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballydowd, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Thornberry
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydowd, Co. Dublin